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Activist Teesta Setalvad’s lawyer Prashant Bhushan at the Supreme Court in New Delhi on Thursday.— PTI
Extending the stay on the arrest of Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand, Justice Dipak Misra observed, “Personal liberty of an individual is a valuable right of paramount importance. It cannot be put in a ventilator in an ICU. Give me liberty or give me death. No one will barter his or her liberty for all the teas in China, for all the pearls in the sea and for all the stars in the sky. Is it such a case that the liberty of the accused should be taken away through custodial interrogation. This is not a case of chit fund or any other big scam.”
Justice Misra told the counsel: “There may be irregularities in financial transactions in the trusts run by the accused and these substantially involve examination of documents. Why these petitioners are required for custodial interrogation.”
When Mahesh Jethmalani, representing the Gujarat police, said the custodian interrogation was necessary as petitioners had ...

Activist Teesta Setalvad’s lawyer Prashant Bhushan at the Supreme Court in New Delhi on Thursday.— PTI
Extending the stay on the arrest of Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand, Justice Dipak Misra observed, “Personal liberty of an individual is a valuable right of paramount importance. It cannot be put in a ventilator in an ICU. Give me liberty or give me death. No one will barter his or her liberty for all the teas in China, for all the pearls in the sea and for all the stars in the sky. Is it such a case that the liberty of the accused should be taken away through custodial interrogation. This is not a case of chit fund or any other big scam.”
Justice Misra told the counsel: “There may be irregularities in financial transactions in the trusts run by the accused and these substantially involve examination of documents. Why these petitioners are required for custodial interrogation.”
When Mahesh Jethmalani, representing the Gujarat police, said the custodian interrogation was necessary as petitioners had ...

The Supreme Court today struck a lyrical blow in defence of personal freedom, saying individual liberty was more important "than the stars in the sky, the tea of China and the precious stones in the ocean".

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its orders on Teesta Setalvad anticipatory bail application The apex court in its interim order directed that Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand will not be arrested in the fund embezzlement ...

Fellow activists back Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand, say fourth estate should ...
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Activist across the city came out in support of activists Teesta Setalvad and her husband, Javed Anand. The two have been given some reprieve from the supreme court after the Gujarat high court refused to grant them bail. Activist across the city came out ...

The BJP leaders and their proxies found nothing extraordinary in the action of Gujarat Police, which was quick to land at Setalvad's doorstep in Mumbai as soon as the high court rejected hers and her husband's anticipatory bail. The couple would have been behind bars had the Supreme Court not intervened.

The BJP leaders and their proxies found nothing extraordinary in the action of Gujarat Police, which was quick to land at Setalvad's doorstep in Mumbai as soon as the high court rejected hers and her husband's anticipatory bail. The couple would have been behind bars had the Supreme Court not intervened.

The BJP leaders and their proxies found nothing extraordinary in the action of Gujarat Police, which was quick to land at Setalvad's doorstep in Mumbai as soon as the high court rejected hers and her husband's anticipatory bail. The couple would have been behind bars had the Supreme Court not intervened.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from arrest to social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband for another six days in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society, which was devastated in the 2002 riots.

The BJP leaders and their proxies found nothing extraordinary in the action of Gujarat Police, which was quick to land at Setalvad's doorstep in Mumbai as soon as the high court rejected hers and her husband's anticipatory bail. The couple would have been behind bars had the Supreme Court not intervened.

The BJP leaders and their proxies found nothing extraordinary in the action of Gujarat Police, which was quick to land at Setalvad's doorstep in Mumbai as soon as the high court rejected hers and her husband's anticipatory bail. The couple would have been behind bars had the Supreme Court not intervened.